Photo Credit: Nausherwan Sarshar Ahmed
Photo Credit: Nausherwan Sarshar Ahmed |
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| Common Name: | Bukharan Markhor |
| Scientific Name: | Capra falconeri heptneri |
| Location: | Formerly in most of the mountains along the north banks of the upper Amu Darya and Pyandzh rivers from Turkmenistan to Tajikistan. Now reduced to scattered populations in the Kugitang range of extreme eastern Turkmenistan and south-eastern Uzbekistan, in the area between the Pyandzh and Vakhsh rivers in southwestern Tajikistan, and in the northwestern part of the Darwaz Peninsula of northeastern Afghanistan near the Tajik border. |
| The horns are relatively straight and in the form of a bold, tight corkscrew. This subspecies is the one commonly seen in zoos and game parks worldwide. | |